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Book/Printed Material Yerba Buena Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the bill to quiet the title to Yerba Buena Island. December 20, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 6, 1881. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Cited as: H. Ex. Doc. 46-39

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Title

  • Yerba Buena Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the bill to quiet the title to Yerba Buena Island. December 20, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 6, 1881. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: H. Ex. Doc. 46-39

Names

  • United States Congress. House
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. House, author
  • United States. War Department
  • United States. War Department. Engineer Department

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1881.

Headings

  • -  Dowling, Thomas
  • -  Annexation (Municipal government)
  • -  State governments
  • -  Coast defenses
  • -  Improvements (Law)
  • -  Islands
  • -  Land tenure
  • -  Land titles
  • -  Local laws
  • -  Military bases
  • -  Public lands
  • -  Squatters
  • -  San Francisco, California
  • -  Yerba Buena Island (Calif.)

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Executive department publications
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (27 pages). maps.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 46-3:H.EX.DOC.39
  • Y 1.1/2:1968

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024802374

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. House, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, Author United States Congress. House, United States War Department, and United States War Department. Engineer Department. Yerba Buena Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the bill to quiet the title to Yerba Buena Island. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 6, 1881. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1881] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024802374/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. House, United States Government Publishing Office, P., United States Congress. House, A., United States War Department & United States War Department. Engineer Department. (1881) Yerba Buena Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the bill to quiet the title to Yerba Buena Island. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 6, 1881. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024802374/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. House, et al. Yerba Buena Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the bill to quiet the title to Yerba Buena Island. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 6, 1881. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1881] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024802374/>.